The Silver One paced near the edge of the reflecting
pond, "Are you sure ?" he asked the wind. "She seems
so small - frail, and I have seen how her story will
unfold." A small breeze ruffled his fur slightly, "Yes.
She is the one." The Silver One wished he felt more
certain, but the wind had never lead him astray. It was
easy to see Daddy needed a pupper to care for, that he
did not doubt - he only doubted it should be this one.
His hope had been that the one to follow would be with
Daddy for a long time - would be strong and one to
make Daddy happy. But the Silver One knew to trust
the wind that whispered to him.
"Well," he thought, "She will be needing some
help." He began to whisper on the wind to the little one,
"Look into his eyes - let him look into yours. Gheeze -
get his attention, you need to stand out." The tiny pup
looked about, then pulled herself into regal pose. "I am
a lady" she responded to no one in particular. The
Silver one answered, "Well, your little lady-like behind
will remain here in the puppy pen then." At that she
began to worry, "How?" Okay thought the Silver One,
now we are getting somewhere. "He was used to me
being a rascal at times – I never tried to destroy things -
but oh I do like to play - I had some wonderful toys."
"Toys? Rascal?" the little pup reply. Now she was
puzzled, "I just want a human to love."
The Silver One thought, doing a silly trick was not
going to work, the little pup needed to let Daddy know
she was choosing him. "Look at his bottom paws, Little
One. Pull him by the strings on his paws - drag him to
you!" As she tried to drag Daddy to one side the Silver
One chuckled to the wind, "She is so small, she will
never move him, but she is persistent!"
The Caring One looked down at the tiny puff of fur
trying to pull his shoe, into her mystical looking crystal
blue eyes. "Yes," he thought, "This one." He made
arrangements and the Silver One had a new sister - a
little sister to love and guide from above. Her new
Mommy and Daddy named her ShiShi, and she was
given all she needed and wanted in full measure and she
grew in grace.
One day - into her mid-puppy times something
began to happen, to go wrong. The Silver One pleaded
with with the wind, "Let me fight the monsters. Let my
little sister stay with Daddy and Mommy, they need
her." The wind responded, "She will stay yet a time,
after the monsters attack and release her you may go to
her and comfort her."
So the Silver One watched over his sister as he was
helping new arrivals at the reflecting pond. He saw
Daddy try so hard, and the wonderful healer Mommy
and Daddy asked to help her. Mommy devoted her time
to ShiShi and they bonded even more than before.
Daddy searched and tried to find new ideas. Daddy
poured his love into ShiShi and his heart into prayers.
Soon Daddy's prayers were joined by those he had
reached out to help, so many prayers they seemed a
roar.
"She will heal and be whole and the monsters will
leave?" he begged the wind. "Your sister's life will
unfold as it has been written." the wind responded.
With each attack the Silver One thought "No, it is too
soon."
One day in her third year the monsters attacked with
new resolve, the healer, and Mommy, and Daddy knew
she could not win this time, ShiShi looked to Mommy
for a goodbye love until they would again meet and
permission to go. She could see watching and waiting
nearby a silvery figure here but not quite here she felt
sure was her brother and a being of pure love - what
had Mommy called them? - Oh yes, Angels. Daddy's
and Mommy's and the healer's tears glistened like tiny
stars on her fur. And she felt the wash of many tears
from around the world.
As her eyes drifted closed she found she was
standing beside her brother with the angel, though
Daddy, Mommy , and the healer did not seem to see
them. she looked at the angel and her brother, "Do I
have to leave them? Mommy and Daddy are hurting so,
and even the healer's heart breaks. Can I not stay?" The
angel shook her head, "Your brother will show you how
to visit, but it is time, you cannot fight the monsters any
longer. They know this, also."
When she looked again she was in a place more
lovely than any she had ever imagined, and the
monsters were gone. She found she was standing at the
side of a beautiful pond with crystal clear mirror like
waters that reflected places far away. "Where are we?"
she asked. The angel replied, "This is rainbow bridge
where you will wait for your Mommy and Daddy with
your brother the Silver One, and brothers and sisters
who were before either of you. "Who will watch over
Mommy?" she asked. The angel smiled, "You will,
from here."
Time progressed and ShiShi came to know her
brother the others called the Silver One more each day -
even here in paradise he fretted over her, and on several
occasions she chided him for worrying, "This is
paradise, I am in no danger." He smiled at his elegant
little sister, "No, I guess you are not - but it is a hard
habit to break."
She was relaxing at the pond's edge, watching when
her brother ran to her disrupting her revere, and to her
dismay Mommy disappeared from the pond's
shimmering waters. "Sheeze, big brother, what is soooo
urgent? I was watching Mommy and Daddy, they are
okay. The rest may not see it but there are times I look
at you and see a large clumsy puppy!"
The Silver One looked at her and snorted. If he were
not so excited he would remind her who was the elder
here. "I FOUND HER!!" he said - nearly shouting.
Found? Who was missing? She wondered if he had
gotten lost. "Our new sister. The one to help Daddy's
and Mommy's hearts heal. Daddy will need to act fast,
we have to find a way to get him to where she is and
whisper to the guardian ones to take him to her." The
words fair tumbled out of the Silver One. ShiShi looked
at him and wondered, a new sister? "Come," he said, "I
will show you."
The Silver One drew his blue-eye sister back to the
edge of the reflecting pond. Together they watched as
the nervous helpers seemed to hide a pupper where she
might be overlooked. "Her heart is so full of love - she
needs only the right one to give her love to. She is who
Mommy and Daddy need." the Silver One stated. Shishi
watched for a bit, "What do you plan to teach her?" she
asked. "Please, not how to be a rascal!" The Silver One
just grinned, "Well, you can teach her how to be a
snuggler as you are - maybe a mix of both will be good.
I feel she will be more Daddy's girl as you are more
Mommy's girl."
ShiShi thought quietly on her brother's words.
"Yes," she thought, "a daddy's girl would be good.
Now, what shall we do to get Daddy to where she is?
And what shall we tell her so she can get Daddy's
attention?" The Silver One thought – there was a
Siberian Husky that had been lost that was sheltered
where their new sister was, if he nudged the helpers
there – the guardian ones - they would call Daddy. "But
his people love him, are hunting for him," ShiShi said.
“and if Daddy falls in love with him then looses him . . .
And what of our sister? He cannot have both.” The
Silver One smiled, “Then we will have to whisper to
those who love him and be sure they get here first. Then
we can whisper to the guardian ones when Daddy gets
there, ‘Show her to him’ - that will be enough.”
When the Caring One got the call about the Siberian
he went down hoping this one was to be his, but when
he got there the Siberian’s family had found him –
taken him home. The guardian ones heard the wind
whisper to their hearts, “Wait, don’t go yet – you must
see this one.” As the Silver One and ShiShi watched
Daddy and their new sister met, and they saw the
bond start. The Silver One looked at ShiShi, “It is
done, now we can watch.”
